Rhubarb
Family Name : POLYGONACEAE
Botanical Name : RHEUM EMODI
Common Name : RHUBARB, HIMALAYAN
RHUBARB, INDIAN RHUBARB, THUZNA, REVAT CHINNI
Part Used : SEEDS
Habitat : Throughout the
valleys in Himalayan region at altitude of 3200m -5200m.
Uses : Used as purgative
and astringent tonic. Its stimulating effect combined with asperient properties
renders it specially useful in atonic dyspepsia.
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